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Behold! The ultimate ethernet cable!

bloodrbloodr Registered User regular
edited June 2008 in Moe's Stupid Technology Tavern
I saw this and I just had to share with all of you hardware lovin' folks.
Behold! The most expensive ethernet cable ever conceived.

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If you need to order one you can find it here.

Edit: I've been doing some digging about if this is really just regular old CAT5 and in a couple of audiophile forums a number of people reported that using shielded CAT5 or CAT6 works just fine. Here's one link. And another link.

Mr. SeñorAmor found the Amazon listing for this product. He highly recommends you check out the reviews before using this product.

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  • ASimPersonASimPerson Cold... and hard.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Denon's 1.5 meter (59 in.) ultra premium Denon Link cable was designed for gullible morons.

    Fixed it for you.

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  • JaninJanin Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Eight and a half dollars an inch? Prostitutes charge less than that.

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  • syndalissyndalis Getting Classy On the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Products regular
    edited June 2008
    Denon, I salute you.

    Obviously those ones and zeroes have been getting bounced around in those shitty ethernet "tubes" for decades now... and you have found the way to fix this issue.

    Expect the government to contact you soon, now that you have finally developed the ethernet cable that doesn't fuck up data transfer. The CAT-5e the pentagon has been using for ages in futility can now be replaced with the only cable capable of accurate data transfer.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Why haven't they gone the extra step and chrome plated everything?

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  • noobertnoobert Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Ultra Premium

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    For that price I think it's possible to buy 2x Gig-E ethernet -> fiber converters.

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  • devoirdevoir Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    How do they justify this stuff? Aside from "olol people are stupid enough to buy it"? I mean seriously, the lack of business ethics in marketing and selling a 1.5m patch lead that expensive is astounding.

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  • ZackSchillingZackSchilling Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Just because it's an RJ45 shape doesn't mean it's an ethernet cable. It looks like it's meant to connect AV equipment. Fleecing audiophiles is nothing new. I think my favorite part is the directional marking, for optimal signal transfer. That doesn't even make sense. Had me LOLing.

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  • devoirdevoir Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    The only possible difference I can imagine between that and the patch lead I have in my laptop bag is the crimping order, which is the most cosmetic of changes at manufacturing time.

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  • desperaterobotsdesperaterobots perth, ausRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    At last, an ethernet cable that's doing something about those damn ethernet vibrations.

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Damn Martians!

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  • electricitylikesmeelectricitylikesme Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I keep wanting to cook up a superconducting computer or audio cable of some sort just to go overboard and still have it cost less then this thing.

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  • ZxerolZxerol for the smaller pieces, my shovel wouldn't do so i took off my boot and used my shoeRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    ZackSchilling wrote: »
    Just because it's an RJ45 shape doesn't mean it's an ethernet cable. It looks like it's meant to connect AV equipment. Fleecing audiophiles is nothing new. I think my favorite part is the directional marking, for optimal signal transfer. That doesn't even make sense. Had me LOLing.

    Yep, this thing is marketed for an A/V digital interconnect, not Ethernet. This is simply the natural progression of the Monster Cable marketing style. I have to to give them credit, though, for saying "fuck it" and going for the extreme -- they're probably laughing their asses off a the couple of stupid motherfuckers that would buy this sort of bullshit.

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  • contrabandcontraband Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    i bet the plastic clip breaks off at the most inopportune time

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    contraband wrote: »
    i bet the plastic clip breaks off at the most inopportune time

    You'd think that, but it's got rounded plug levers to protect against that exact danger! $500 is practically giving it away!

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Now with ergonomic thumb grips! No longer do you need to endure the pain and inconvenience of getting to that plastic clip the normal way!

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Tired of exposed wires slicing your fingers off? Now with patterned rubber casing!

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  • DratatooDratatoo Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Signal markings tell the data where to go. :P

    Edit - just for completion's sake:

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Dratatoo wrote: »
    Signal markings tell the data where to go. :P

    With patented go-faster stripes so your premier audio experience isn't delayed by a single second!

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  • jackaljackal Fuck Yes. That is an orderly anal warehouse. Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Finally, a patch cable worthy of my Killer NIC!

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Cyvros wrote: »
    Dratatoo wrote: »
    Signal markings tell the data where to go. :P

    With patented go-faster stripes so your premier audio experience isn't delayed by a single second!

    "Those are speed-holes, they make the car go faster!"

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    KalTorak wrote: »
    Cyvros wrote: »
    Dratatoo wrote: »
    Signal markings tell the data where to go. :P

    With patented go-faster stripes so your premier audio experience isn't delayed by a single second!

    "Those are speed-holes, they make the car go faster!"

    Come to think of it, that cable looks pretty damned aerodynamic.

    By the way, I went to the news page for that comic, then I went to the Monster website, where I found this:

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    I know it's supposed to hold multiple cables, but just looking at it... o_O

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  • KalTorakKalTorak One way or another, they all end up in the Undercity.Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Hey, sometimes I really want to make sure that the video signal gets from my device to my TV.

    During those times, I run component, HDMI, coaxial, and wacky white headed cables from that device to the TV, and gulldurnit, those cables better be organized!

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    I don't ever want to have to manage that many cables. It was bad enough the first time I had to get our set top box working with the TV and the VCR - sure, they tell me to RTFM, but the manual never helps!

    *towels spittle off the thread* Sorry about that.

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  • SeñorAmorSeñorAmor !!! Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    http://www.amazon.com/Denon-AKDL1-Dedicated-Link-Cable/dp/B000I1X6PM

    Oh man. I'm crying I'm laughing so hard at the reviews.

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
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    Wait, Harry Potter?

    Also, "the plastic tab breaks as easily as a normal $10 cable".

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  • meatflowermeatflower Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    This shit is beyond hilarious. I mean the entire concept....people know that Cat5 cables don't need shielding right? The whole point is that the wires are in twisted pairs, thus causing them to cross at near perpendicular angles, limiting cross talk.

    Either way, doesn't really matter. Digital signal's main advantage over analog is that the shit either gets there complete or not. It's not like analog where it can be affected by white noise or attenuation. If it's messed up in anyway error correction takes place at the hardware level, this shit is part of the TCP/IP stack for christs sake.

    The people in R&D at Denon are probably still laughing. Right now.

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  • DehumanizedDehumanized Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Hah, I liked this review on the amazon page the best:
    5.0 out of 5 stars Too Cheap!, June 14, 2008
    By Edward Kaminski (Chicago, IL United States) - See all my reviews
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    As a member of the board of a certain marketing firm hired to promote a certain digital cable, I'd like to clear up a few misconceptions.

    First of all, to you people talking about "zeros and ones", and "on and offs". Are you insane? I hate to burst your bubble, but music is comprised of something called "notes", often organized into "chords", and expressed by playing "instruments", and singing "vocals". Numbers are for counting.

    You may be interested to know that this entire project began because we were searching for a way to get "Hootie and the Blowfish" to sound better. We spent untold hours and hours downloading and playing this band through several vehicles, only to find that this inevitably resulted in an unnatural urge to hit ourselves in the head with a hammer, over and over again. This is called "Market Research".

    Finally, when we were forced to agree that there was no technology on earth that could make "Hootie and the Blowfish" sound better, we resorted to a complicated marketing strategy called "Let's make it more expensive". And then someone raised their hand, and said,"Let's make it WAY more expensive". And that person is our new Vice President.

    So we did, and do you know what? Listening to "Hootie and the Blowfish" through our cable actually does make the band sound better now. And do you know why?

    Because even that is better than saying you wasted $500.00 on a cable.

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  • LaCabraLaCabra MelbourneRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    36 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
    4.0 out of 5 stars It gets me closer to The Lord, June 11, 2008
    By G. P. (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
    If I could use a rusty boxcutter to carve a new orifice in my body that's compatible with this link cable, I would already be doing it. I can just imagine the pure musical goodness that would flow through this cable into the wound and fill me completely -- like white, holy light. Holding this cable in my hands actually makes me feel that much closer to the Lord Jesus Christ. I only make $6.25/hr at Jack In The Box, but I saved up for three months so I could have this cable. It sits in a shrine I constructed next to my futon in Mother's basement.

    I only gave it four stars in my review because I can't find music that is worthy enough to flow through this utterly perfect interconnect.

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  • corcorigancorcorigan Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Well we've found out where those missing billions from Iraq have gone. Someone hired Denon to install networking.

    EDIT: The 5 star review because the cables are 'strong enough to hang yourself with once you realise what you've paid so much for' is good. :)

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  • LittleBootsLittleBoots Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    That cable can produce the most pristine "1's and 0's" mankind has ever known.

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  • theantipoptheantipop Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    LittleBoots wrote: »
    That cable can produce the most pristine "1's and 0's" mankind has ever known.

    That's not the half of it. When you first hear those 2's stream gloriously in perfect reproduction, tears will stream uncontrollably down your cheeks as you reach for the $400 wooden volume knobs you faithfully installed long ago.

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  • VeegeezeeVeegeezee Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    What I want to know is why is Harry Potter there? And /., for that matter (oh, never mind).

    Found that their website provides this handy inside view of the cable:

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    It is unbelievably thrilling.

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  • Mustachio JonesMustachio Jones jerseyRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    That looks somewhat similar to the cable I crimp myself.

    I'll buy 10!

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    What's infuriating is that they imply that it needs to be plugged in a certain way (directionally) for it to work.



    aaaaaaarrrg

    http://www.amazon.com/JL421-Badonkadonk-Land-Cruiser-Tank/dp/B00067F1CE

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  • The Dude With HerpesThe Dude With Herpes Lehi, UTRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Veegeezee wrote: »
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    This is the single greatest thing in the history of ever.

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  • CyvrosCyvros Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Jasconius wrote: »
    aaaaaaarrrg

    http://www.amazon.com/JL421-Badonkadonk-Land-Cruiser-Tank/dp/B00067F1CE

    Hey, isn't that Jabba's sail barge?

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  • FremFrem Registered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Do you actually have to buy the product to write a review of it? I'ma gonna have to think about submitting my own review to the growing stack of amazing.

    This, while not directly related, also partains to expensive audio cords. Also, coathangers.
    http://gizmodo.com/363154/audiophile-deathmatch-monster-cables-vs-a-coat-hanger?cpage=2

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  • JasconiusJasconius sword criminal mad onlineRegistered User regular
    edited June 2008
    Cyvros wrote: »
    Jasconius wrote: »
    aaaaaaarrrg

    http://www.amazon.com/JL421-Badonkadonk-Land-Cruiser-Tank/dp/B00067F1CE

    Hey, isn't that Jabba's sail barge?

    It's moddled after it.

    If I ever win the lottery, it will be my first purchase.

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